UK News – Page 5
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NewsHBO finds new Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley for series adaptation
HBO has cast screen newcomers in the roles.
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News‘Lilo & Stitch’ leads UK-Ireland box office with £8m; ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ takes £6.2m
‘Lilo & Stitch’ gives Disney its biggest opening of 2025.
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NewsCannes Jury Prize winner ‘Sirât’ sells widely including to UK-Ireland
Twenty additional territory sales unveiled after prize win.
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NewsUK sales executives report good Cannes business on well-packaged projects
Buyers from Germany and Eastern Europe were active but France, the US and ….Russia, less so.
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NewsHistoric UK cinema Curzon Mayfair to open under landlord’s operation in 2027
Curzon will remain on the premises until January 2026.
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NewsUK post-production house and film equity investor LipSync enters administration
Lipsync confirmed the administration to Screen on Friday.
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NewsVicky Krieps, Christian Friedel join Dostoyevsky story ‘The Idiots’
The Match Factory handles international sales.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Lilo & Stitch’, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ square off
Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Icelandic drama ‘When The Light Breaks’ start out.
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NewsWilliam Fitzgerald named Galway Film Fair director; shuttered Pálás cinema to re-open for the Fleadh
Fitzgerald takes on the role of director of the Galway industry networking event.
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NewsJafar Panahi’s Cannes title ‘It Was Just An Accident’ sells to North America, international territories
Neon planning North America theatrical release later this year.
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NewsCannes Competition title ‘Sound Of Falling’ sells to North America, UK-Ire
Further territories include Turkey, India.
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NewsCannes Competition title ‘The Secret Agent’ sells to UK-Ire, LatAm, India
Film has a decent 2.8 score on Screen’s Cannes jury grid.
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NewsArrow Films acquires Hong Kong classics for UK re-release
EXCLUSIVE: The Golden Princess library includes John Woo titles ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘A Better Tomorrow’.
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NewsFormer Amazon exec Georgia Brown takes on new chief content officer role
Brown has joined a global markets company in a strategy-leading role.
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NewsLondon Critics’ Circle Film Section elects new leadership team
Jane Crowther takes over as chair, with Guy Lodge as vice chair.
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News“Disability doesn’t need to be the defining characteristic”: UK creatives challenge representation on screen
A discussion took place at the Cannes UK pavilion on May 17.
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NewsTiger Aspect exec joins London Film School as chief operating officer
Helen Wright has held the COO role at Tiger Aspect for 10 years.
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NewsRepublic of Story, British Blacklist launch platform for Black and Global Majority producers
As well as a directory, No Password Required will host a dedicated industry market in London.
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NewsGarden Studios to support independent films with co-production fund
The scheme will target films in the £5-10m with support from a £17m revolving credit facility,
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News‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ knocks ‘Thunderbolts*’ off top spot at UK-Ireland box office
Lionsgate’s ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ debuted at number five.